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Moving to another country has been on my mind for while. I would move to the UK or to Australia. I've heard the overall quality of life in Australia is actually better than in the US. There is also a much better work-life balance. My current occupation is not on any shortage list, so I most likely won't get sponsorship. I don't have any family ties to these countries either (as far as I know). 🤔 There are holiday and tourist visas, though I want to move permanently. I naively thought that Americans might get preference in English speaking countries.
Australia is a pretty cut and dry point system. If you are not on the shortage list there is always marriage. Per your other posts it does not look like investment. "I have heard" is generally not the best reason to move. If you qualify for work & travel and have a couple of thousand dollars saved up for tickets, fees, getting started and the back to the US - that is an option for a year of fun.
UK was always open for me so I have no info. What is in the UK?
Moving to another country has been on my mind for while. I would move to the UK or to Australia. I've heard the overall quality of life in Australia is actually better than in the US. There is also a much better work-life balance. My current occupation is not on any shortage list, so I most likely won't get sponsorship. I don't have any family ties to these countries either (as far as I know). �� There are holiday and tourist visas, though I want to move permanently. I naively thought that Americans might get preference in English speaking countries.
How old are you and what kind of job skills do you have? That would make a difference in what type of visa you could get and how soon. There are tons of people wanting to immigrate to these countries so they can be picky.
Go to the embassy site of those countries in US and look up what are the requirements for an immigration.
Please be careful and do not land by mistake ( could be very tricky ) on the site of someone trying to get money to “ help” you immigrate.
Mostly scam or rip off,
Every 1st world country has enough regular people living there that they don't need to import more. You need to do some extended travel in a country before you decide to move there. If you have the money, you can go as a college student and live there for years, but they will boot you when you are done.
I would start with the job sites - they all (most?) list international jobs. Find one you qualify for and apply. If you do not qualify for any, start training for the ones that interest you most.
Every 1st world country has enough regular people living there that they don't need to import more. You need to do some extended travel in a country before you decide to move there. If you have the money, you can go as a college student and live there for years, but they will boot you when you are done.
I was also going to say, regarding college, some countries have age limits for study-abroad programs and student visas.
They had many positives and owned a home, employment and stuck it out for 8 years before coming back to the United States...
They said even after 8 years it still seemed to them they were visitors...
I know it does work for some but actually living and working is a reality check...
Curious to know why your friends still felt like visitors even after 8 years. Maybe once the locals found out they had Americans, they treated them differently? Because there are plenty of immigrants who live in somewhere else for the rest of their lives, even non-English speakers, so I guess being immigrants weren't right for your friends.
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